LISTS: Salsa Music

Posted January 25, 2013byMPPL

Izzy Sanabria, a Latin music promoter from New York, was credited with popularizing the term “salsa” to define Latin dance music in the 1970s. Tito Puente hated the term, and supposedly stated, “I’m a musician, not a cook.” Whether you call it Cuban music, Latin music, or salsa, it can really get a joint jumping.